Judge John Deed

Season Six

Can Judge John Deed's unrelenting idealism lead to ultimate justice? Or is his rebellious nature doing more harm than good? In two nail-biting double episodes, the eponymous judge is sent to the Hague as the British representative at the International Criminal Court, where he must try a young soldier for war crimes in Iraq. Instead he uncovers nefarious reasons for bringing him to trial.

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For the most part we enjoyed the Judge Deed series. We actually got a lot of laughs out of his romantic escapades, but honestly, by this last couple of episodes, I was so bored by the so-called romance-that-goes-nowhere-but-rears-its-head-in- every-damn episode!, that we stopped partway through. You'd think two reasonably intelligent people would finally come to some sort of conclusion about their never-ending lust and refusal to acknowledge said lust and the decisions they make to satisfy that lust elsewhere, and then MOVE ON. It was a story-line that constantly interrupts the actual action, and then is never resolved. Shame on the writing team.

Very entertaining the way British series are when you like them, and this plays into two of their strong suits, courtroom drama and high level but low down political intrigues. The acting is great, the stories a little less so, but still quite good (endings are a bit rushed), and how can I say it? They are just all so British. Brits do THAT really well.

There are four episodes in season six of Judge John Deed that end the series. The first two episodes find Judge Deed at the Hague as part of a tribunal. A British soldier is on trial charged with war crimes for killing civilians during his deployment in Iraq. The soldier is essentially a strawman to provide cover for England's eventual withdrawal from Iraq. During the trial Judge Deed becomes the target of Islamic terrorists. In the last two and final episodes Judge Deed is back in England and entangled in another high profile case. British soldiers are getting sick and committing suicide as a result of a controversial bioterrorism vaccine. During the proceedings Judge Deed and Jo Mills are being wiretapped and their sexual relationship may be exposed.